The People's Republic of China will celebrate its 70th anniversary on Tuesday, October 1. La Trobe University's China Studies Research Centre and La Trobe Asia will present a panel discussion in which some of Australia's leading China experts will review the PRC's highs and lows, its failures and its successes, through the 27 Mao Zedong years and the 43 years since then, of Deng Xiaoping's reform-and-opening followed by Xi Jinping's New Era for "socialism with Chinese characteristics."

Debtwire’s Asia-Pacific Distressed Debt Forum returns to Hong Kong in October 2019 for a full day of discussions on the risks, rewards, and market trends shaping the region’s distressed debt and credit opportunities.

The escalating China-US trade war and rising protectionism continues to cloud the outlook for Chinese outbound M&A. However, China remains the deal driver for M&A in Asia as the country presents promising opportunities for local and overseas investors facilitated by national reforms, consumer behaviour upgrade, industry consolidation and transformation under the new model of economic growth.